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The Oval Office has become associated in Americans' minds with the presidency itself through memorable images, such as a young [[John F. Kennedy, Jr.]] peering through the front panel of his father's desk, President [[Richard Nixon]] speaking by telephone with the [[Apollo 11]] astronauts during their moonwalk, and [[Amy Carter]] bringing her [[Siamese cat]] Misty Malarky Ying Yang to brighten her father President [[Jimmy Carter]]'s day. Several presidents have [[Oval Office address|addressed the nation]] from the Oval Office on occasion. Examples include Kennedy presenting news of the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] (1962), Nixon [[SP 3-125: Richard Nixon's address announcing his intention to resign the presidency|announcing his resignation from office]] (1974),<ref>{{cite news|last1=Herbers|first1=John|title=The 37th President Is First to Quit Post|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/990808onthisday_big.html#article|access-date=6 February 2017|work=The New York Times|issue=9 August 1974}}</ref> [[Ronald Reagan]] following the [[Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster]] (1986),<ref>{{cite web|title=Address to the Nation on the Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger|url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/address-nation-explosion-space-shuttle-challenger|website=reaganlibrary.gov|access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref> and [[George W. Bush]] in the wake of the September 11 attacks (2001).<ref>{{cite web|author=Michael E. Eidenmuller |url=https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gwbush911addresstothenation.htm |title=The Rhetoric of 9/11: President George W. Bush – Address to the Nation on 9-11-01 |publisher=Americanrhetoric.com |access-date=2017-02-06}}</ref>